You probably remember Android Beam, right? This was Android’s early tap-to-share feature that used NFC to beam photos or ...

Google’s Quick Share has been an important part of Android for a few years now, but it still has a few hidden tricks, ...

Google Pixel devices offer a potentially very useful “Quick Tap” feature. We say “potentially” because it doesn’t always work as it should. In theory, the feature allows you to double-tap the back of ...

Android may soon support sharing not just contacts, but also files, by tapping two phones together using a new 'Tap to share' ...

Conor has been staunchly in favor of Android since graduating to a smartphone from his hot pink Motorola RAZR. In fact, he'll gladly ruin a friendly dinner in service of lambasting Apple devices to ...

Google appears to be working on a new tap-based gesture for Quick Share that utilizes NFC to trigger file sharing, with the new feature having appeared in a leaked build of Samsung’s Android 17 update ...

Tapping on your screen to get around your phone is overrated. Shortcuts offer an arguably better and faster way to navigate your device. On a Google Pixel, some of these shortcuts are conveniently ...

Image of a Pixel phone with Android's Quick Settings on it. Original photo by Joe Maring. Gemini Nano Banana Pro was used to modify the photo and place the screenshot on the screen. Android 17 Beta 3 ...